What's good about...

Heroku logo Heroku

  • As easy as it gets if you just want to deploy a Git repo
  • Fully-managed infra, minimal ops overhead
  • Heroku Postgres is a one-click, battle-tested database
  • Extensive add-on marketplace

Heroku logo Zeabur

  • Easy to use dashboard
  • Automated SSL, deployments, and PR previews
  • Framework detection, no need to write Dockerfiles
  • Pre-built templates for databases, caches and more including automated backups

Price comparison

How do Heroku's prices compare against Zeabur?

Example configuration Heroku Zeabur
VM Small $50.00 / mo Dyno 1 GB RAM (Standard 2X) $17.28 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (custom)
VM Medium $250.00 / mo Dyno 2.5 GB RAM (Performance M) $86.40 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (custom)
VM Large $500.00 / mo Dyno 14 GB RAM (Performance L) $120.96 / mo 4 vCPU (capped), 16 GB RAM (custom)
Block Storage -- $20.00 / mo 100 GB
Load Balancer Included in plan Included in plan
Managed PostgreSQL $50.00 / mo 4 GB RAM, 64 GB storage --
Managed Redis®* $200.00 / mo 1 GB RAM --
Free egress allowance 2 TB / mo per app 10-100 GB, depends on plan
1 TB of egress beyond allowance Not publicly listed $100.00 $0.1 / GB

Note: Our pricing examples are based on several assumptions. Your actual costs may differ. Always check the cloud provider's website for the most up-to-date pricing.

Which services do they offer?

Here are some of the managed services that Heroku and Zeabur offer:

Service Heroku Zeabur
Block Storage --
Managed Containers
Managed MySQL --
Managed PostgreSQL
Managed Redis®*
Serverless Functions --

Company details

Heroku
Website heroku.com
Headquarters United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded 2007
Data Center Locations 10
Example Customers Airbase, Dovetail, Hotel Engine, ClickMechanic, Ambassify
Zeabur
Website zeabur.com
Headquarters Singapore 🇸🇬
Founded 2022
Data Center Locations 5
Example Customers AFFiNE, Bytebase, FeatBit

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Our data for Heroku was last updated on July 26, 2024, and for Zeabur on July 24, 2024.